DC United and New England are going to clash on Saturday the 23rd of April at 7:30 pm in the th week of the Major League Soccer. The match will be played in Washington at the Audi Field.
DC United sits in the 14th place in the league with 6 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against Austin in its last match in the Major League Soccer. To date, it has won twice and lost 4 times.
New England occupies the 11th position in the table with 7 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Charlotte in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Until now, it has won twice, drawn once, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
DC United
DC United has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (4 times) and 5-3-2 (2 times).
Hernán Pablo Losada is expected to play against New England with the following players: J. Kempin, C. Seitz, S. Birnbaum, B. Hines-Ike, D. Pines, B. Smith, R. Canouse, J. Gressel, N. Robertha and M. Estrada Martínez.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the average age of DC United would be 28.10.
Hernán Pablo Losada will probably not be able to employ C. Odoi-Atsem because of injury.
B. Hamid, A. Najar Rodríguez, M. Nyeman and A. Perez will definitely miss the match.
Hernán Pablo Losada will not be able to have the presence of O. Williams Kamara who is suspended.
New England
New England has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 71.43%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (5 times) and 4-2-3-1 (2 times).
Bruce Arena is expected to play against DC United with the following players: B. Knighton, D. Jones, A. Farrell, O. González, B. Bye, M. Polster, S. Lletget, E. Boateng, C. Gil de Pareja Vicent, J. Rennicks and A. Buksa.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of New England would be 29.00.
Bruce Arena will probably not be able to employ J. Bell, F. Kessler, R. Spaulding, Maciel and G. Bou because of injury.
M. Turner will definitely miss the match.